Though I saw it all aroundNever thought I could be affectedThought that we'd be the last to goIt is so strange the way things turn

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Linkee-poo is in WTF land, again

Seriously, birthers, give it a rest. No, really, you're embarrassing yourselves. Okay, really, you're just outing yourselves as to racist (acknowledged or suppressed) and can't accept that anybody not like you is an American. It's tiring, really it is.

Again, I'm sorry we screwed up the next generation. We didn't fight hard enough. The most telling line is the last one, "'For young people… to put themselves in place of a soldier is a level of empathy that most people simply don’t have anymore.'" Our bad. (Grokked from Jay Lake)

Penguin joins the dark side of publishing. Book Country, which has a back end into self publishing. Could be interesting, more than likely not. (Pointed to by Absolute Write). Frankly, they could do a lot worse by looking at what Tor did with Tor.com. I haven't explored all of Tor.com (they have a hellofavlota content and spin offs right now), but I don't think they have a "newbie writer community". I'm pretty sure they don't have a self-pub arm (if they did, I think some of the founders would burst into flame).

Jim Hines talks about rape and blaming the victim. What he said. Unfortunately, I've had to have the talk with various people when they say, "He's so nice, she had to make it up." I'm not sure I've always been successful. Didn't we fight this and win in the 80s? Wasn't anybody paying attention? I guess not.

Eric talks a little about where the social contract has gone. Especially in light of where we are asked to put our trust. Another reason I am a Liberal/Progressive. Those same thoughts came to be at the end of the 80s (although not specifically about healthcare).

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I am a writer of Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction. Here you can find some of my thoughts about writing, politics, society, dreams, and anything that comes into my head. Sometimes I drop a Story Bone or two. And then there is the tweeting.

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Da Rules

Anything put in a post with the title "Story Bone" is up for grabs. If it sets off a story bomb in your head, go for it. I don't claim any right except to maybe write my own story based on the bone. I haven't researched the bones to make sure I'm not trodding on somebody else's toes so use at your own risk. Think of these as free ideas.

Freed Scribblings

The Company of Ravens - First Chapter This is the story that nearly killed me and forced me to start writing down these things in my head. It's still a draft. After innumeral edits this is still at the point I realized I needed more skills to tell the story, and also the point where I realized I could do this.

The Dead Are Busy Released from the trunk in celebration of the first International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, April 23, 2007.

Storming Heaven This was the first short story I wrote that I felt was ready for publication. Released from the trunk in celebration of the second International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, April 23, 2008.